I slept like a log last night, which was a result. I got
up, made brekkie and scoffed it whilst watching more "Alice in
Borderland" which has taken an interesting turn; the picture cards
have turned up. When you need a complete deck of cards in order to stay alive,
having no picture cards is a definite disadvantage.
I then had a little look at the Internet. Someone on one of
the local groups had recently bought a pet tracker and had put up a picture of
where her cat had gone overnight. It was rather amazing just how far a cat
roams. Such a shame that the things don't work on dogs which have gone
walkabout when out in the woods.
I got ready for work, and pausing only briefly to nearly (but
not quite) splat a cyclist I set off. Why on Earth would anyone be riding a
bike in pitch darkness on the wrong side of the road, with no lights or reflectors
and clad entirely in black? Do they want to die? I wound down the window to
shout abuse at the idiot and was somewhat amazed to see it was someone far
older than me. You'd think he'd know better, wouldn't you?
Mind you the warning about checking the car's rear light
didn't come on this morning (but the rear light did).
As I drove through the rain the pundits on the radio were
talking about moves afoot in officialdom to try to curb the growth
in teenagers vaping. It rather amazed me that this was seen as news; forty
years ago I was part of a very small minority of teenagers who didn't smoke.
Kids have always smoked; did anyone seriously expect vaping to be any
different?
There was also talk of the recent samples of asteroid
returned to Earth from the asteroid Bennu. The pundits on the radio amaze
me sometimes. Last week they were banging on that the world is short of all
sorts of mineral resources and today they were presented with a solution to
that problem... and all they could do
was take the piss out of anything remotely sciencey
But most of the morning's radio was devoted to the ongoing
situation in Gaza. Things look pretty bleak there, and are showing no sign of
improving. Meanwhile there's thirty-one
other wars going on elsewhere in the world to say nothing of a major
earthquake in Afghanistan.
Our old friend science has
found something new – “never-seen” material that is “beyond the
periodic table”.
And none of these got a mention.
I got to work and did that which I couldn't avoid. Work was
a tad dull, really. As I drove home “er indoors TM” sent a message.
The co-op was doing a deal on steak and chips; could I pick some up on the way
through. I did… Admittedly the steak and chips was cheap. But it was cheap
because there was sod all of it.
Some days in my life are rather good. And others are on the
dull side…
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